Business Affairs Manager - 12 month Keiyaku Shain

Job Description

At Audible, we believe stories have the power to transform lives. It’s why we work with some of the world’s leading creators to produce and share audio storytelling with our millions of global listeners. We are dreamers and inventors who come from a wide range of backgrounds and experiences to empower and inspire each other. Imagine your future with us.
ABOUT THIS ROLE
As a member of the Business Affairs team, you will be responsible for content analysis, acquisition and development efforts in Japan. This includes acquiring audio rights via licensing deals from content providers across Japan. You will help define our Japan content strategy. The ideal candidate should have excellent knowledge of the Japanese book industry and a broad overview about commercially relevant Japanese publications; confident and upbeat written and verbal communicator; highly organized and detail oriented; and able to thrive in a high-energy entrepreneurial environment. This is a 12 month Keiyaku Shain.
As the Business Affairs Manager you will...
- Manage assigned publishers, providers and creators and operate Content Acquisitions and Partnerships to successfully implement the content strategy for Audible Japan
- Proactively identify books and authors to meet the interests of our Japanese customers
- Initiate negotiations for new deals with content creators, agents, publishers, and business development partners
- Analyze and select book content to be offered to customers by leveraging internal data and monitoring media trends
- Liaise with internal marketing, merchandising, metadata and production teams to ensure success of consumer content offering
- Identify books and authors that meet the interests of customers
- Collaborate with Audible cross-functional teams including Content Operations, Content Creation, Finance, Legal and PR to achieve Audible Japan business goals
- Contribute to data centric strategy for new content opportunities including marketing opportunities
- Lead operational deployment of new content properties including leading all internal operations required to report, process and clear commissioned series including working with Content Lifecyle to ensure seamless processing, ingestion and surfacing of 1p, 2p and 3p audio content including metadata on the UI
- Overall ownership of the programming schedule, communicating with senior executives regarding overall strategy and high-profile releases
- Own financial tracking and reporting of all of your projects through entire life-cycle from ideation to distribution
- Effectively communicate progress to partners in accessible ways
- Project management – be the POC for specific content projects for local and PR and marketing opportunities and be responsible for all aspects of its set-up and completion
- Work with local and global Content team and cross-functional partners to maximize the value of content
ABOUT AUDIBLE
Audible is the leading producer and provider of audio storytelling. We spark listeners’ imaginations, offering immersive, cinematic experiences full of inspiration and insight to enrich our customers daily lives. We are a global company with an entrepreneurial spirit. We are dreamers and inventors who are passionate about the positive impact Audible can make for our customers and our neighbors. This spirit courses throughout Audible, supporting a culture of creativity and inclusion built on our People Principles and our mission to build more equitable communities in the cities we call home.